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Nick Gorevic

Nick began working in wine professionally about 1 year ago, but his passion for it dates back several more years. Nick has taken the WSET (Wine and Spirit Educational Trust) intermediate and advanced courses, and is currently enrolled in the American Sommelier Association's viticulture and vinification course. Nick helps reinforce his own education by teaching others about what he's studying, which is what he does at his blog, winescholarship.com.

Nick has also started a business offering educational wine tastings in people's homes in the New York City Tri-State metropolitan area. You can learn more about that at homewineschool.com.

Nick's passion is explaining wine to beginners. He believes very strongly that a lot of very experienced wine educators have forgotten what it's like to be a beginner, and overwhelm their students with a lot of unnecessary information. What matters most to Nick is what you taste in the glass, and being able to explain what you're tasting and what you do or don't like about it. He still remembers what it was like to be starting out and feel totally confused by the inundation of information and unfamiliar vocabulary. He's designed his columns here at Classic Wines to simplify it all and give you tools that will make it possible for you to explain to your waiter or the person working at the wine store exactly what it is that you like or don't like.

 

 Columns written by Nick Gorevic


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The Significance of Fruit In Red Wines

Written By: Nick Gorevic on Thursday, November 6, 2008

Need-to-know characteristics of red wine.

We've been over fruit, minerality and spice in white wines, and now it's time to look at fruit, earth and spice in red wines. Earth represents the same thing as minerality, but it's just more common to refer to those qualities as earthiness when discussing red wines. This article will deal specifically with fruit in red wines, and I'll move on...read more

 

The Importance of Oaking in White Wine

Written By: Nick Gorevic on Friday, October 31, 2008

Oaking (or not oaking) can have significant impact on the flavor profiles of white wine.

In this column, I'm going to discuss spice in white wines. White wine, with a few exceptions, develops spicy aromas and flavors as a result with it's aging in oak barrels. Oak barrels are a fascinating subject and understanding them is crucial to understanding red and white winemaking, but it's easiest to spot in white wines. Spice can be...read more

 

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Know Your Palate: Earth and Minerality

Written By: Nick Gorevic on Monday, September 15, 2008

Nick takes an in-depth look at what it means for a wine to contain elements of earth and minerality. Learn how to describe wine using established characteristics!

In last week's column I talked about the importance of distinguishing fruit, earth and spice in wines, to discover what combination of those elements best suits your taste. I delved a bit into the fruity aspects of white wines, and now I'm going to talk about earth or minerality as the wine industry refers to it. in white wines. Minerality, for...read more